Is it any good? I’ve never seen it or Knives out. Rian Johnson is a typical pretentious director obsessed with subversion but I think he could do well with the right type of movie. I certainly wouldn’t want him anywhere near something that’s meant to be inspirational like Superman
It was terrible. Knives out was boilerplate "white people bad," but it at least felt like they spent more than a day writing it. This was basically the star wars holiday special. Zero thought put into it whatsoever but hoping to ride the coat tails of the first movie. This quote from Johnson on wikipedia pretty much sums it up perfectly: "Johnson described it as 'a summer vacation where we also made a movie'".
It was a crap, boilerplate "white people bad" movie pretending to be a whodunnit! The Murder Mystery is one of the most tightly written forms of story. Every piece must be given in advance and all the pieces must be there to reach the right conclusion. It requires formidable discipline, as a writer, to pull this off successfully.
Agatha Christie is an undisputed master of the artform, and as a result her books have been made into fantastically watchable movies dozens and dozens of times.
In contrast Ruin Johnson smeared this crap on the page.
Mauler and the gang did an EFAP on Knives Out. It just ... falls apart on even the most cursory inspection.
Is it any good? I’ve never seen it or Knives out. Rian Johnson is a typical pretentious director obsessed with subversion but I think he could do well with the right type of movie. I certainly wouldn’t want him anywhere near something that’s meant to be inspirational like Superman
It was terrible. Knives out was boilerplate "white people bad," but it at least felt like they spent more than a day writing it. This was basically the star wars holiday special. Zero thought put into it whatsoever but hoping to ride the coat tails of the first movie. This quote from Johnson on wikipedia pretty much sums it up perfectly: "Johnson described it as 'a summer vacation where we also made a movie'".
It was worse than terrible!
It was a crap, boilerplate "white people bad" movie pretending to be a whodunnit! The Murder Mystery is one of the most tightly written forms of story. Every piece must be given in advance and all the pieces must be there to reach the right conclusion. It requires formidable discipline, as a writer, to pull this off successfully.
Agatha Christie is an undisputed master of the artform, and as a result her books have been made into fantastically watchable movies dozens and dozens of times.
In contrast Ruin Johnson smeared this crap on the page.
Mauler and the gang did an EFAP on Knives Out. It just ... falls apart on even the most cursory inspection.